I was aware that the #UKCA logo existed, and was so crap we decided not to bother with it any more, but today on my new router I discovered an even more pointless #brexit logo, the #UKNI logo.
It's so crap it actually makes your product worse - literally the only thing it does is prevent your already CE certified product from being sold in the EU.
I am compiling a list of "no brainers" for our new gov.
SCRAP UKCA MARK AND GIVE US ALL A BREAK
Dying Gov was booting this hated waste of money down the road
@neil I mean, #UKCA basically died because noone was willing to dish out money for yet another Spectrum Compliance Body...
Like I'd rather invest that money into compliance for Japan, "P.R." China, Taiwan and India before that as the #UK kinda accepts #CE and everyone who sells in the #EU & #EFTA will have to pick that anyway.
@neil @ekamil like #UKCA they'll likely just drown in irrelevance tho...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112314304975426017
This is a good piece about the uncertainty regarding use of the CE mark alongside (or instead of?) the UKCA mark.
Some parts have been postponed indefinitely but it remains to be seen whether it will still change in the next few years. Whether using CE alone, without UKCA, is allowed. And whether future divergence could be caused by the EU changing requirements but the UK not following. Watch this space.
https://cms-lawnow.com/en/ealerts/2023/08/recent-ukca-announcement-not-all-that-it-seems-yet
#UK #EU #Brexit #UKCA #CE #Manufacturing #Import #Export #Legal
The #UKGovernment has announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for British businesses, which shows that products meet #EU standards. This is a major U-turn from the previous plan to introduce a #UKCA system, which would have created costly duplication and reduced consumer choice. The UKCA system was an absurd consequence of #Brexit that exposed the government’s lack of foresight and competence.
#Brexiters #Standards #Tories
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/08/08/ukca-a-symbol-of-the-folly-of-brexit/
A good example of why it's not enough to undo bits of #Brexit, the UK will have to rejoin the #SingleMarket and #CustomsUnion... #QualityMark #CE #UKCA: https://www.ft.com/content/0591d2ff-12ed-46e4-969d-738543b7c46b
“Brexit ideology is being shunned as economic conditions deteriorate.
While industry groups like the British Chambers of Commerce and Make UK say firms will be breathing a “sigh of relief” — and are rightly delighted that two and a half years of lobbying has finally paid off — the chaos does not end with a front-page story in the FT.”
As I predicted years ago, UK businesses won, the UK government lost.
There will be no requirement for using the UKCA and using CE can remain the only certificate needed.
"British businesses will be allowed to continue to use the European Union's safety mark indefinitely, the UK government announced Tuesday — in a climbdown from previous post-Brexit plans."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66375185 for the actual news about the idiotic UKCA mark being shitcanned. #brexit #ukca
After the second extension that continued the use of the #CE mark, it was fairly clear that the #UKCA mark was never going to become mandatory.
What a waste of time, effort, and money.
(I am amused that the #grauniad image uses an incorrectly shaped CE mark [letters too thin, too close together])
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/uk-eu-safety-mark-brexit-climbdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Pragmatic. Should also benefit medical and biotech sectors. Why do we even need UKCA other than to look and sound different from rest of Europe? 🤷♂️
#Brexit #EU #CE #UKCA
"UK to retain EU safety mark in latest Brexit climbdown"
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/businesses-to-be-given-uk-product-marking-flexibility
So UKCA mark has been delayed again for 2 years and the #EU CE mark will be valid for another two years in the UK. However with less than two month till the 1st of Jan deadline how many businesses have already given up on the UK market? After all the #CE mark is accepted world wide ( -US ). The #UKCA only in the UK market. Imgine selling medical devices with costs of marking of £100,000. Who can afford that twice? One for UK and one for a huge market? @GlasgowLovesEU
RT @UKinTaiwan: 2023年1月1日起，商品輸入英國市場時必須使用新的 #UKCA 標誌，以證明商品符合英國法規要求。英國政府相關規定請見: https://t.co/Xzex2HgbO1
Businesses who place good on the market in Great Britain will need to follow the new #UKCA product marking rules from 1 January 2023. https://t.co/vxzcDb2i3t
